Unveiled voices, unvarnished memories : the Cromwell family in slavery and segregation, 1692-1972 / Adelaide M. Cromwell ; introduction by Anthony Cromwell Hill.

Author/creator Cromwell, Adelaide M.
Format Book
Publication InfoColumbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2007.
Descriptionxi, 348 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
Cromwell family.
Cromwell family--Correspondence.
Cromwell, John Wesley, 1846-1927--Correspondence.
Cromwell, John Wesley, 1883-1971--Correspondence.
African American families.
Social networks--United States. --Case studies.
African Americans--Biography.
American letters.
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Biography.
Washington (D.C.)--Biography.

Contents Genealogical chart -- Introduction: Anthony Cromwell Hill -- Slavery : in the grip of the master, 1692-1851 -- Philadelphia : the City of Brotherly Love? -- The Cromwell family in the City of Brotherly Love, 1851-1926 -- The Cromwell family in Washington's "Secret City," 1871-1972 -- John Wesley Cromwell, Sr. : the light that glowed -- "Ambition for place or fame is not my besetting folly" : letters from Otelia Cromwell to John Wesley Cromwell, Sr. -- "John had never given me a moment's uneasiness" : letters from John Wesley Cromwell, Jr. to John Wesley Cromwell, Sr. -- The two journalists : the friendship between John Edward Bruce and John Wesley Cromwell, Sr. -- The two historians : the friendship between Theophilus Gould Steward and John Wesley Cromwell, Sr. -- Epilogue.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2006027685
ISBN0826216765 (hdbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780826216762

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Joyner General Stacks E185.96 .C757 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold